This is what somebody posted on the UGC forums:
MongoenAs a player who has never played competitive but who is interested in doing so, I have NEVER heard of any leagues until far beyond a good thousand hours played into this game. How did I learn about this? Mainly because of friend's I've met playing the game. There seems to be a HUGE lack of "advertisement" for TF2 Comp and I think this is the reason why competitive is "dying". I am really interested in starting into UGC but just the process of joining a team that isn't a total flop seems to be a giant effort. It's either you join a team and they are not as involved as you wish they would be or they just don't play at all and it ends up you being part of a dead team.
In my opinion, there should be some kind of requirement for scrims to make sure a team is still well and active. I have no clue if this already exists but that would be a suggestion. As far as I can tell, newcomers come here to learn how to play the game but people seem to judge anyone on the amount of hours they have sinked into this game. Though I understand that higher leagues require a certain amount of experience with the game, my real issue is that I am judged for a number that doesn't even represent a skill level. What are your opinions on this? I'd like to hear feedback.
This first part of this really strikes me, as I know how many people have tried and still try to get new players to take a look at competitive tf2.
I think this idea that I presented on the UGC forums isn't a bad idea to get people to simply search it.
CorsaMamboulayTake a look at www.playcomp.tf ! Will update for next season soon.
This is a really awesome site, and I think if we tried to get the majority of comp players to put #playcomp.tf in our names, it'd potentially get more players to look up the idea when they see a good player doing well in a pub or something. I'm sure we've already done something similar with putting something in our names, but with this website, new players can see what you're trying to have them check out right away. I also think the name should be playcompetitive.tf instead because there are some people who wouldn't understand what comp meant at first glance.
Like I said, I know we've done something similar, but I don't think we ever got the majority of comp players to put something this informative in our names.
Would this be a good idea that you guys would want to do? It's pretty simple and effortless, because the site is already made.